PT-2018-4551
CVE-2015-9238
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Published
2018-05-31
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Updated
2019-10-09
Description by
CVSS 2.0
5.0
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
secure-compare versions prior to 3.0.1
Description
The issue arises from the
secure-compare function comparing the first argument with itself instead of comparing two different strings. This results in the function always returning true when comparing two strings of the same length, regardless of their actual contents.Recommendations
For versions prior to 3.0.1, upgrade to version 3.0.1 or later.
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